From Bill Belichick to Rich Rodriguez: Grading first-year college football coaches’ 2025 rosters

When the dust settled on Deion Sanders’ first roster at Colorado ahead of the 2023 season, the Buffaloes had 52 transfers in the fold, per 247Sports. That number drew shock and awe around college football as the program’s new era began with essentially a complete overhaul.

The 50+ transfer club has some new members for the 2025 season in West Virginia and Purdue. The Mountaineers are rebooting under Rich Rodriguez with 52 transfers, while the Boilermakers are starting fresh under Barry Odom with 54 transfers according to 247Sports.

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Going hard in the portal is a necessity for first-year coaches. Players are departing en masse during coaching changes, and others get the message once the new staff arrives that it’s probably best to seek a new home. The result is rosters that feature a dizzying mix of players from all over the country and from multiple different levels of competition mixed with some returners and a handful of freshmen.

Making sense of the rosters led by first-year coaches can be a challenge. So, as the 2025 season approaches, we’ve graded each of the Power Four rosters for teams with new leaders on the sideline.

Grading the rosters of first-year coaches

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Author : David Cobb

Publish date : 2025-06-20 13:00:00

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